Usually means: Acquisition without target company's approval.
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  1. hostile takeover: Merriam-Webster
  2. hostile takeover: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. hostile takeover: Vocabulary.com
  4. hostile takeover: Wordnik
  5. hostile takeover: Wiktionary
  6. hostile takeover: Dictionary.com
  7. Hostile Takeover (Supergirl), Hostile Takeover (album), Hostile Takeover (disambiguation), Hostile Takeover, Hostile takeover: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. hostile takeover: Rhymezone
  9. hostile takeover: FreeDictionary.org
  10. hostile takeover: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. hostile takeover: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. hostile takeover: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  3. HOSTILE TAKEOVER: Accounting Glossary
  4. Hostile takeover: bizterms.net
  5. Hostile takeover: Bloomberg Financial Glossary
  6. hostile takeover: Finance-Glossary.com
  7. Hostile Takeover: Management Dictionary
  8. Hostile Takeover: Investopedia
  9. Hostile Takeover: Financial dictionary
  10. Accounting, Business Studies and Economics Dictionary (No longer online)
  11. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Hostile Takeover: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hostile takeover)

▸ noun:  An attempted takeover of a company that is strongly resisted by the target company's management.

Similar:
coup, Saturday-night special, dawn raid, concert party, attempt, challenge, constructive dismissal, counter-offensive, holding action, standoff, more...

Opposite:
friendly takeover, merger, acquisition

Types:
merger, acquisition, consolidation, buyout, leveraged buyout, management buyout, more...

Phrases:
Hostile Ambient Takeover, Another Hostile Takeover, more...

Adjectives:
opt-out, pensionary, 5150, discount, emancipated, fine, freelance, transportable, tithe, intern, alien

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Similar:
coup, Saturday-night special, dawn raid, concert party, attempt, challenge, constructive dismissal, counter-offensive, holding action, standoff, more...

Opposite:
friendly takeover, merger, acquisition

Types:
merger, acquisition, consolidation, buyout, leveraged buyout, management buyout, more...

Phrases:
Hostile Ambient Takeover, Another Hostile Takeover, more...

Adjectives:
opt-out, pensionary, 5150, discount, emancipated, fine, freelance, transportable, tithe, intern, alien



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